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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 243,383, datedv'une 28, 1881.`

Application nien Aprnaiesi. (Numan.) V

. which the following is a specication.

lhe principal object of my said invention is toV produce a bed-lounge which shall open on hinges in the front side, as is most common to Such lounges, but which shall also have a solid wooden front up to the line where the upholstering is usually applied on lounges not folding, and at the Sametime be so constructed as to conveniently receive the bvd and bring it into proper position when the lounge is open. This object isaccoinplished by hin gin g the two parts of the lounge together at or near the line ofthe upholstering, as stated, and arranging inside the permanent or bottom portion avertically-movable frame-work, which shall constitute, in connection with the mattress,&c., thereon, onc-halt the bed portion, and attaching the same to the top or folding portion hy means of cords or equivalent devices which run over appropriate pulleys, andy which operato, as the vtop portion is unfolded, to raise said framework to the proper level, all as will hereinafter be more specidcally set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereoi"li`igure l. is a perspective view from the front side and head end ofmy improved bed-loimge when open and. in position as a hed. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof when in the same position 5 Fig.' 3., a longitudinal section,looliing to the rear side from the dotted linexw. Fig. Il is a transverse vertical section,floolr.iii g toward the head end from the dotted line y y. Fig. 5 is a section on the saine line as Fig. 4l when the bedlounge is closed in position for use as a lounge. Fig. d is a section on the same line as Fig. l when the lounge is in the position last dev scribed; and Fig. 7 is a detail view ofthe upvis per portion ofthe lower end of the lounge fro-ni the back side, showing how the leg K serves as a loch. l

ln said drawings, the portions marked e.. represent the rigidly-constructed frame-Worin oi' the hot-tom or stationary portion of my foldinglounge; l5, avertioally-movable frame-work .maillllel vthe frame A; G, cords, wire ropes, or chains attached at one end tothe swinging frames C, passing under and over the pulleys E and-F, and attached at the other end to the upper or folding portion of the lounge, whereby the unfolding of' the lounge operates said swinging `frames to raise the frames B; H, the rigidly-constructed frame-work of the upper or folding portion of the lounge, one side of which is adapted tol receive the upholstering of the lounge and the other to serve as one-half the bed-frame; l, a section ot' said bed-frame, at-Y tached to the other portion by hingest t', which is adapted to hev raised a limited distance as the bed is opened, and thus form a head therefor; l', a similar section attached to the framework B; ll, a hinged anglelever by which the sections l and l are operated; K, a combined lock and leg for the folding portion H, which is hinged at It, and is moved back and forth in the slides L, as it is used as a look or leg, as shown respectively in Figs. 7, and l; and ld, anti-friction trucks on the vertically-moving frameB, whereby the latter is prevented from binding on the frame A..

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The sliding lock and leg K is pulled out-and the top portion, H, of the loungeswung over outwardly'. on its hinges H' in the ordinary rllhi's portion H, of course, in its movement pulls on the cords G, through them moving the frames U, and. thus raising the frame B and. that portion of the bed which it sustains to level with itself.

ln the operation ot' unfolding this lounge and bringing it into bed form the point or corner ofthe hinged angle-lever J comes in contact with the trame of the lounge, and, being constructed with a joint which prevents it from assuming a straight position, raises up the portions l and l', so that they form a raised head for the bed, as shown. The straps i2 i?, which are formed of hexible material, act as stays and cause these head-pieces l l to come into line with eachother, and so remain, although the an gie-lever J has but a sin glo point of bearing. In folding back, however, these portionsfall into horizontal position, as shown l allowed to move without hinderance from the former. The projection Yk engages within the recess a in the frame A, and thusl locks the folding portion H securely in place when the lounge is not in use as'a bed.

The angle-lever J lis prevented from assuming a straight position by having two labutting portions, which meet below the pivot when the lounge is open. f

Having thus fully describedmy said invention, what I- :claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

` 1. The combination, in abcd-lounge, 'of the two main portions A and H, hinged together near the top of the lounge,thevertically-movable frame-Work B, contained in the lower por- .t tion, A, swinging frames C C, which operate to raise said vertically-movable frame-Work, and cords connecting said swinging frames to `the upper or swinging main portion,H,where by the unfolding of the lounge vwill serve to elevate said movable frame-work B and hold it securelyin raised position, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the two frames A and II, the movable frame B, the swinging frames C, bearing slides or trucks C', which engage with the frame B, and the cords G, attached at one end to the swingingframesl C and at the other to the folding frame lH, and passing around suitable pulleys or bearings, as shown, whereby the unfolding of the frame H operates to raise the frame B, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a bed-lounge, with the bed-frames thereof, ot' the head-pieces I-I' and the jointed angle-lever J, whereby said head-pieces are raised u'p when the lounge is unfolded into bed form, substantially as shown and specified.

4. The combination, in a folding bed, with the raising head-pieces I I', which are operated by a single device, J, of the flexible straps i2 i2, whereby said head-pieces are brought linto line with each other, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the two folding parts Aand H and hinged and sliding device K, said device K being mounted in slides on the part H and arranged to slide out and fold downY when thel lounge is open and it is desired for use as a leg, and to swing up and slide back when the lounge is closed, and by means of a projection thereon to engage with a recess in the part A, and thus lock the two partsAand H together, and constituting a combined leg and lock, substantially as' and for'the purposes specified.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 28th day of March, A. I). 1881.

JARED B. MARLNEE. [L. s.]

In presence of Y U. BRADFORD,

A. H. RILEY. 

